Donāt worry, thatās common when Iām having fun.
I might have an overdeveloped appreciation for the surreal.
TL;DR: Only a few little details remain before the Q8 should be ready to ship.
ā¦ and speaking of āsurrealā and āshipā:
Are you familiar with the fanfic meaning of the word āshipā?
Itās short for ārelationshipā, a romantic pairing of characters who are not involved in that manner in the original work. Normally used as a verb, as in āI ship Draco/Hermioneā to imply that one wants or may even be writing a fanfic about a relationship between two Harry Potter characters. The slash often refers to āslash ficā, defined as āA work of fiction (especially fanfiction) based on celebrities or fictional characters involved in a romantic and/or sexual relationship, especially where the sexual orientation of a (usually straight) canonical character has been changed.ā
In this context, one millihelen would be the amount of beauty required to launch one āshipā, as in one romantic fanfiction.
In a BLF context, one millihelen is the amount of energy required to launch one romantic BLF fanfiction āshipā, such as āI ship Tom E / BrianK, a couple of pepper penpal buddies whose relationship developed over time into something a little spicier.ā Or perhaps a āshipā involving JasonWW and parallel-universe-JasonWW, whose mutual love for longer, harder, um, springs, motivates them to explore the bleeding edge of increasingly greater compression ranges in order to fight the evils of sagging over time from old age. Of course, none of this would be an issue if people would just use protection.
ā¦ Wow, thatās one sad forum. It appears that the entire thing exists for advertising purposes ā an English-language forum targeted at aspiring sailors in India, using the allure of answers and education to sell some guyās e-books. The linked sub-forum is almost entirely SEO spam from third parties.
It really reminds me of how good we have it here. I <3 BLF.
David, seeds from hybrid plants donāt breed true. Iām not positive, but I think they revert back to the parents which in this case would be ghost peppers and habaneros. Not exactly junk, but not whatās desired. A fresh habanero has a wonderful fruity flavor for those who can tolerate the heat. I love to slice them paper thin and put them on a subā sandwich, but the wife gets tired of the overpowering flavor (I donāt mean the heat). I donāt think Iāve ever tasted a more flavorful pepper. There I go, salivating at the thought.
Dale, if theyāre anything like the parent habanero they can be frozen whole and theyāll last for a very long time. Just wash and leave the stems on, the skin protects the flesh from freezer burn. Or make hot sauce. A lot of stuff can be added to it, but I just use vinegar and salt, peppers too of course. And hot oil, canāt forget hot oil that keeps a long time in the refrigerator and itās the best way to make spicy hot fried chicken and get it hot enough.
Hey now, play nice.
Donāt make me write slash fiction about you two.
ā¦ āDigital sparks flew as the two men bounced misogynistic boasts back and forth with a titillating air of excitement, for they each recognized the coded communication for what it was ā covert mating calls for like-minded men.ā ā¦
Dale, I read somewhere that pepper plants will live year round if kept from too cold temperatures. Also, if theyāre kept above 80F, they keep producing peppers year round! They can make great house plants. Oh, one more thing. If you want them REALLY hot, water them just enough to keep them alive. If they get too much water, the peppers arenāt hot at all.
Ha I think you are right David, I placed a pot indoors during the winter in the hopes of letting a pepino survive (it didnāt)
A large pot and last summer we had a bunch of paprika and pepper plants growing in it, I had cut the when I harvested the last peppers. From one of the stems now a new plant is growing.
Cool ti about not watering too much!
Brian, Davidā¦ Carolina Reaper isnāt a hybrid itās a Cultivar. In order to make the Guiness Book of World Records the plant had to be able to reproduce and sustain the level of heat in question.
Edit: Worthy to note, perhaps, and of special interest to us hereā¦ This month one Mike Smith with Nottingham Trent University claims to have bested the Carolina Reaper with what he calls āDragonās Breathā. He is currently having Guiness Book of World records try to establish itās 2.4 million Scoville units as the new record.
I love hot peppers, but never had a Carolina Reaper. Iāve had ghost peppers, which I love. They actually had a delicious flavor. I suppose all of these vary in heat a bit, even within the same strain.
Yes, as noted above, growing conditions can affect the heat intensity. Also, there can be some natural variation from plant to plant, Iām sure. Carolina reapers do taste a bit different. They inherit a bit of the characteristic Habanero flavor, which some people love and others hate.
Yeah, my wife was telling me just a couple hours ago that there was a new āhottestā pepper out there named āDragonās Breathā. Sheās not interested in spicy foods herself, but she knows I like it.
A local shop sells ghost pepper salt. They say the intended means of consumption is to sprinkle a few grains on a bowl of soup then stir to dissolve it and make the whole bowl spicyā¦ but I like it better without the soup. The stuff is like candy.
That reminds me. Once upon a time, back in the dawn of forever, I tried to convince my parents to get me a salt lick. They refusedā¦ and I might still be a little salty about it.
Yes, they will survive the winter and continue to grow next season, or with the right climate year round. I have only had luck with that one year. After that every year they are attacked and die from whiteflies. Insecticidal soap kills them, but itās just a losing battle and I just refuse to use anything stronger. I donāt like hot peppers enough to kill us as well, 10 years later.
Springs are a big deal. Did you see the ones Imalent used on their DT70 and DT35? Instead of coil springs they used disc springs which only flex a tiny bit, less than 1 mm. So obviously they want you to use the Imalent batteries. Even then, some of the batteries will lose contact. Springs have to be done propery. Lol
I do know a lot about springs from designing suspension systems on race cars. Some of that knowledge transfers to flashlights like preload and usable travel, etcā¦ I just try to state facts without any emotion, but maybe it seemed I was āoverzealousā maybe? Iām sorry, Iāll try to tone it down. :sunglasses:
Sir Jason of Houstington, I salute your efforts to keep old springs lively and supple. Itās quite unfortunate when springs enter old age and canāt perform like they used toā¦
Itās just ā¦ I think the Q8 team has it covered. And as we wait for that to get worked out, why not play? The Q8 may not be shipping yet, but we can still āshipā other fun thingsā¦ so I used, as examples, whatever recent posts stood out. Not specifically trying to pick on anyone, but if it came off that way please let me know so I can be more careful.
On the bright side, youāve officially levelled up to One Millihelen. Not many people have had a ship launched in their honor.
Because we are already a bit offtopic and i have to find something to do until the Q8 is out i want to ask if someone had experience with one of this UV leds?
I want to build a light with an MC-E led but the MELD-X RGBW (uv) flashlight driver has a 5 channel for a uv led so i want to get a nice strong 385nm led (for glue curing). If there is something better or stronger out there that did not cost 3times the money i am open for suggestions.
